Barbie sensationally smashes Oppenheimer with record-breaking $300m box office weekend
The Barbenheimer battle results are in after a wild weekend at the global box office - bringing in an estimated $465million combined.
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Barbie broke all-time Hollywood records with an incredible weekend at the worldwide box office alongside Oppenheimer.
Greta Gerwig's pretty pink flick came out on top though, sensationally smashing Christopher Nolan's historical drama out of the park.
The official winner of the Barbenheimer battle, Barbie generated $155million domestically and more than $300million in worldwide ticket sales, per Deadline.
In second place, the R-rated release starring Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer, brought in $80.5million domestically and $165million globally.
Experts have branded the ordeal an "unequivocally great weekend for moviegoing".
According to the estimates, figures suggest Barbie is the second biggest opening of all time – beaten by Avengers: Endgame in 2019 with $357million.
It has been crowned the biggest opening this year, shadowing Super Mario Bros.' $146.4million.
Numbers imply that Barbenheimer's $465million combined weekend is the biggest box office weekend of all time.
Barbie was also crowned the number one for ticket sales of any opening weekend this year, bringing in $70.5million - while Oppenheimer generated $33million.
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Other records Barbie broke include the largest grossing day of the year, the largest opening weekend for a movie based on a toy and the largest non‐sequel, non‐remake film released in July.
On Barbenheimer, Michael O’Leary, president and CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners, told Variety: "Studios gave audiences two uniquely different, smart and original stories that were meant for the big screen.
"People recognized that something special was happening, and they wanted to be a part of it."
On Barbie, Jeff Goldstein, the president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros, said: "We thought it would be $75 million for the opening weekend.
"Nobody saw $155 million coming. This doll has long legs."
